Wanted, a runaway slave by the name of Jim, he may be responsible for the murder of Huckleberry Finn. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim runs away and finds himself on a dangerous escapade. Throughout the book, readers see many distinct sides to Jim. I find that Jim has a considerable number of admirable traits; a couple of my favorites are his caring nature and how he becomes a father figure to Huck Finn. However, Jim also has the ability to see people the way they truly are, which persists
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer bases his life and actions on adventure. The dead Emmeline Grangerford painted tearful maidens and wrote verse about deceased kids in the romantic style. The Shepherdson and Grangerford families slay one another to maintain their family prestige. The over romantic temperament makes Mark Twain to indulge in some fun and amusement, and certainly, the chapters that deal with this theme are among the most entertaining part for the readers in the novel
Caroline Johnston Professor Leonard Appling American Literature II 9/16/15 Twain and Chopin In her most famous novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin writes of her protagonist, “Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.” Although Chopin is detailing the protagonist’s inward struggles due to her duties as a housewife, it does raise an
Written by Samuel L. Clemmons under the alias of Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a tale of two runaways and the adventures they will encounter. In the mix of it all, Jim, a runaway slave, plays a crucial role in plot momentum and development. Artists have since attempted to recreate their renditions of what Jim might have looked like. The following commentary will be an analysis of the similarities and differences between selected illustrations and the novel. The illustration of